Tobacco: What the Cigar Needs Is A Good Five-Cent Machine

The era in which Vice President Thomas
Marshall proclaimed a good five-cent cigar a national necessity brought
the U.S. cigar industry its greatest success: the 8,500,000 stogies
sold in 1920 still add up to a record. But good times are here again,
thanks to the Surgeon General's report linking cigarette smoking and
cancer. So far this year, cigar sales are running 30% above last year.
Last week, while R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers and American Tobacco
all reported lower first-quarter sales, the report of Consolidated
Cigar Corp. came out as rosy as the tip of a well-lit...